http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/14/liam-fox-resignation-adam-werritty<snip>
The prime minister lost his first Conservative cabinet minister on Friday when Liam Fox folded under the pressure of relentless revelations about a close friend and the access he gained to the heart of government.
No 10 said Fox had crumpled under the weight of this week's news stories and could not bear to contemplate another weekend of claims surrounding his friendship with his best man, Adam Werritty.
Fox's departure came only hours after Werritty had been back for a second interview with the cabinet secretary, Gus O'Donnell. He has been conducting an inquiry into claims that his friendship with Fox potentially jeopardised national security and raised issues around conflicts of interest.
Downing Street insisted it did not push Fox and that the prime minister had been prepared to tough out the relentless coverage and wait for O'Donnell's report to be concluded. However, senior figures began to question whether he could survive that long with new allegations that emerged on Friday. They showed that some of the businessmen who were funding Werritty's trips abroad had an interest in influencing defence policy. The Guardian was poised to report that two of Werritty's financial backers had defence interests.
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So much for Cameron backing him - that scumbag is trying to sae his own job.
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